Global port cities

In conjunction with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the AVOID programme, a series of projects have been looking at the exposure of the world’s large port cities to extreme water level events and how global mitigation and local adaptation can affect both exposure and risk.

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